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Anecdotally this is a popular idea, but it is surprisingly poorly supported by data. I did a deep dive on this a couple years ago, and there is actually little
by snowwrestler 6y ago
Anecdotally this is a popular idea, but it is surprisingly poorly supported by data. I did a deep dive on this a couple years ago, and there is actually little difference between early-career employment prospects for STEM and non-STEM bachelor degree holders.
I did not look at bachelors vs coding camp certificate.
- fighterpilot 6y agoI think that's true for all schools below the top-10/top-20 (which covers the large majority of people, myself included). For the elite schools, a STEM degree does confer advantage over non-STEM degrees.
- the_only_law 6y agoI wonder how much of that is due to a big chunk of the STEM undergrad degrees (mainly science) being not so useful. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a scientist role requiring anything less than a PhD (at least nothing paying more then $40k a year) I find it hard to believe though, that the employment prospects for someone with an B.Eng. or B.S. CS are equally as bad for as someone with a B.A. in English or Psychology.